The Unbusy Mom: For entrepreneur moms who don't want their business to take over their life.
Your business shouldn't take over your life.
I don't think that's why any of us started a business.
We wanted flexibility. We wanted to be there when our kids got home from school. We wanted to build something we loved without feeling like we had to sacrifice the rest of our lives to do it.
And yet... somehow it starts feeling like everybody gets a piece of you before you ever get to what mattered most.
The client needs an answer.
Your team has a question.
Someone forgot their water bottle.
The marketing project waits another week. Again.
If you've ever ended the day thinking, "I worked all day... so why does it feel like I never got to my own stuff?" ...you're in the right place.
Around here, we don't obsess over productivity hacks.
We get curious about what's quietly been running your week.
The patterns. The responsibilities you never meant to keep carrying. The things that somehow became "just how business works."
Because I don't think entrepreneur moms need another planner.
I think we need businesses that leave room for our lives.
So every week, we'll unpack the patterns I keep seeing, the questions I'd be asking, and the little shifts that help entrepreneur moms get their days back.
Because you wanted business AND kids.
Not business OR kids.
Episodes
547 episodes
Why Do My To-Do’s Feel Like a List of Things to Manage?
You wanted flexibility.Instead, some days feel like one long series of things needing you. Client thing. Kid thing. School thing. Package thing. Snack thing....But one day, your day stops answering everybody ELSE first. <...
You Have 47 Tabs Open Again
Some days you wake up motivated - some days you don't.But it's kind of suspicious when the same project keeps getting delayed on both kinds of days.... ;)At least, ‘til motivation stops deciding whether Tuesday works.That's...
Your Brain Has Been Filing Complaints Since 2:15pm
By 2pm, everything starts feeling harder.The focus is gone. The kid patience is pretty much nonexistent…. And the copy project that actually needed your best thinking is still sitting there.But one day... 2pm is just 2pm again. ;)...
Why Am I the Brain for Everyone Else?
Future-you didn't magically find more hours.She just stopped spending Tuesday afternoon on things that never needed Tuesday afternoon in the first place.Which sounds obvious… right up till you realize how much of your week is buil...
Why Does Growth Feel Like More Babysitting?
You send the reminder. Then the follow-up. Then the "just checking in" message.At this point, it's fair to ask why you're the only one who remembers this project exists. :DBut one day, your "just checking in" template disappears f...
You Keep Meaning to Make Time for This….
You already know what matters.... The weird part is how often it loses to something that felt urgent for 20 minutes. Not because you forgot - because something else got there first.But one day, the things YOU care...
What If Growth Didn't Need Tunnel Vision?
Funny how one project can somehow take over the entire week…..The content gets pushed. The laundry gets pushed. The thing you actually wanted to finish gets pushed.….And suddenly everything is adjusting around the same thing.<...
Why Your Day Depends on Everything Going Perfectly
You don’t have a timing problem.Your days just don’t have enough room for real life to happen to them.So everything looks manageable on paper… until something takes longer than expected.Then suddenly: – you’re late...
Why This Still Doesn’t Feel Like the Business You Were Promised
You didn’t imagine this wrong.The version of “work-from-home freedom” most women were sold doesn’t really account for how their actual days move.So you keep trying to make it work… and something still keeps feeling heavy underneat...
You've Been Thinking About This for Years. So Why Is Nothing Different?
Inner work can absolutely create awareness.But awareness alone doesn’t automatically change how your time is being used.So it’s possible to keep: – processing – understanding – uncovering patterns...
Your Life Changed. Your Plans Didn't.
Your life expanded.But most schedules don’t automatically expand with it.So the same day that used to feel manageable now starts feeling heavy much earlier than expected.In this episode, notice: – where your attent...
You Can’t “Try Harder” Your Way Out of This
You’re not behind because you’re distracted.You’re behind because your day is holding too much - and expecting you to stretch to meet it.That’s why pushing harder keeps spilling into dinner, into evenings, into the parts of your ...
You Know You Can’t Do It All - But Your Day Still Tries To
You already know you can’t do everything.But your day is still trying to hold it all.So the business gets squeezed in.Your time disappears into maintenance.And nothing really opens up.Because it’s not about knowing ...
Why Getting Help Still Feels Like a Last Resort (Even When You Need It)
You don’t see support as part of how things work.You see it as something you reach for when you can’t keep up.So even when help is available… you hesitate.Because somewhere underneath it all, you still think you should<...
You Don’t Hate Your Business - You’re Still Holding the Wrong Parts
You love your clients.But the rest of the business?It’s starting to feel heavy.And even though you could get support… you’re still the one doing it.So the part you’re actually great at - the part th...
You’re Not Too Busy - You’re Still Holding What Should Be Gone
You already know this doesn’t need to be yours.But it’s still sitting on your plate.Not because no one else CAN do it - but because you haven’t fully released it.So your time stays tight.Your energy keeps draining...
You’re Not Losing Progress - You’re Taking It Back
It’s not that you don’t know what to stop holding.It’s that in the moment - you take it back.So nothing actually changes.→ If things keep returning to you, <...
You Delegated It - But You’re Still the One Holding It
It’s not that you didn’t delegate.It’s that nothing fully transferred.So you’re still the one holding it - just in a different form.→ If delegation isn’t actually making things lighter, this is where to look:
Why You’re Not Letting Yourself Get Help Yet
You can see what support would look like.You’ve seen other people living it. Having help. Having space.But for you, it still feels… out of reach.So you wait.Until you make more.Until things calm down.Until it ma...
Why Self-Care Isn’t Actually Giving You More Time
You’re trying to take care of yourself… but nothing is actually coming off your plate.So the bath, the walk, the “quick break” - they don’t change anything.Because the issue isn’t self-care.It’s that your time isn’t ...
Getting 2 Hours of Me Time on a Workday Can Be Your Reality (Even with the Amount of Time Your Kids Need in This Season) - I’m Living Proof!
You’re sipping your lukewarm coffee, scrolling through your almost-complete sales page, thinking “yep, finally nailed it.”Hit save, then publish, and you’re off to grab the kids from school….Then start on the 6 tasks that DIDN’T g...
Feel Like THIS Every Day as a Work-from-Home Mom? You’re Already in Burnout. (So Here’s How to Get Out.)
You check off the final task for your daughter’s spring break trip, double check that the hot dogs for supper are in the fridge (not the freezer), and text your mom that you can drive her to that specialist appointment tomorrow (even though it’...
High Performance Habits for Solopreneurs with Robin Emdon of GoalBusters
Stuck on high performance habits for solopreneurs?I brought on the funniest neuroscience-and-procrastination coach ever, Robin Emdon, to talk about how to finally finish what you start. Grab a free copy of Robin’s book
Too Booked Up to Streamline Your Business? Here’s My Calendar Solution for You as a Fellow Working Mom.
You touched base with all 18 of your clients today, plus ran sessions for 4 of them, but you’re still feeling dissatisfied with your business….So you pull up Basecamp again, check on everyone’s to-do lists, and make a note to yourself to...
How I Set the Time Boundaries I Need to Hit My Priorities Every Single Workday as a Mompreneur with 5 Kids - Selfcare Included!
Have you checked off your invisible to-do list today?You know, the one that reads “serve my clients so well that I get 2 testimonials today, serve a whole-foods supper to the kids tonight, do enough stairs that I lose another pound next ...